Dave Nordstrand: Goodbye, forgotten highway

2:22 AM,
Jul. 24, 2013

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Some sleepy road crew must have made a wrong turn and accidentally paved several miles of a four-lane road that few drivers ever used.

In the process, they created one of the most pleasant rides in Monterey County history.

Most drivers on the Marina-to-Salinas run take Reservation Road to Blanco. Then they go left onto Blanco, down the hill, across the river and into the city. I long ago discovered a road much less traveled. That's the straight-ahead stretch of Reservation Road that runs past East Garrison to Highway 68. ...